Category Archives: Commentary

Disputing delirium*

delirium (n.): 1590s, “a disordered state, more or less temporary, of the mind, often occurring during fever or illness,” from Latin delirium “madness,” from deliriare “be crazy, rave,” literally “go off the furrow,” a plowing metaphor, from phrase de lire, from de “off, away” (see de-) + lira “furrow, earth … Continue reading

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Franco “Bifo” Berardi: The Precipice

It is high time for the living to get tough, for toughness is indispensable in the struggle to safeguard and develop the life-force; this will not detract from their goodness, as long as they stand courageously by the truth. There … Continue reading

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In the Spirit of Sholem Schwarzbard

We continue our efforts to share material addressing the war in ukraine and anarchist participation in the defense of its people. ___ In the Spirit of Sholem Schwarzbard – Addressing Confusion about the War in Ukraine (From avtonom.org 29/04/2022) We … Continue reading

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Surrealism: The Emergence of a Radical Experiential Reality

We share a rich essay by Luke Francis Beirne on the relations between surrealism and radical politics, published by the anarchist The Commoner (23/04/2022). ___ ‘Freedom is the only cause worth serving,’ Andre Breton, 1924 ‘It was in the black mirror … Continue reading

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Anarchist voices on the war in ukraine

We continue to share the voices of anarchists from central and eastern europe. The first is a statement from the Czech Anarchist Federation (AF), in response to the International Anarchist Federations (IFA) statement on the war. The second is an … Continue reading

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Anarchist voices against Putin

We share below an excellent video by film-maker and journalist Alexis Daloumis, who gathers together a series of interviews with north-east european anarchists on the russian invasion of ukraine (from Freedom News 19/04/2022) …

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Simone Weil: the Iliad is the purest and the loveliest of mirrors

Perhaps all men, by the very act of being born, are destined to suffer violence; yet this is a truth to which circumstance shuts men’s eyes. The strong are, as a matter of fact, never absolutely strong, nor are the … Continue reading

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Ukraine and the ethical uncertainty of war

So that the Alexanders, Carnots, Humberts, and others should not be murdered, but it should be explained to them that they are themselves murderers, and, chiefly, they should not be allowed to kill people: men should refuse to murder at … Continue reading

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And after the war?

Reflections on the prospects for Social Struggles in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, by Vladimir Platonenko and published in english by the CrimethInc. collective (31/03/2020) … The Russian invasion of Ukraine has thrown Eastern Europe into disorder, disrupting an already volatile … Continue reading

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For Pier Paolo Pasolini

On the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s birthday … . . . Take a few steps and you’re on the Appiaor Tuscolana, where all is lifefor all. But to be this life’saccomplice, better to knowno style … Continue reading

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